# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Franklin's Bumble Bee
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2021-08-24 · Effective 2021-09-23 · 86 FR 47221
## Document
- **Document number:** 2021-17832
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 86 FR 47221
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2021-08-24
- **Effective date:** 2021-09-23
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-R1-ES-2018-0044
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are listing the Franklin's bumble bee (Bombus franklini), an invertebrate species from Douglas, Jackson, and Josephine Counties in Oregon, and Siskiyou and Trinity Counties in California, as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This rule adds this species to the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and applies the protections of the Act to this species. We are not designating critical habitat for the Franklin's bumble bee because we determined that such a designation would not be beneficial to the species.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/08/24/2021-17832/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-endangered-species-status-for-franklins-bumble-bee)
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